2014 State of the Youth Address 2014 State of the Youth Address
The League of Young Voters Education Fund and the Dream Defenders offer up an honest take of the state of our union.
Jan 29, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Obama’s Speech and de Blasio’s Agenda Obama’s Speech and de Blasio’s Agenda
The mayor has dubbed the president the “champion of our cities,” but the State of the Union offered few indications of help.
Jan 29, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars
Empowered by social media, feminists are calling one another out for ideological offenses. Is it good for the movement? And whose movement is it?
Jan 29, 2014 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Republican Rep. Michael Grimm Threatened to Throw a Reporter Off a Balcony Republican Rep. Michael Grimm Threatened to Throw a Reporter Off a Balcony
The Republican congressman is under investigation for campaign finance violations.
Jan 29, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
State of the Union: Right on Wages, Wrong on Trade State of the Union: Right on Wages, Wrong on Trade
The president’s “income inequality” address had plenty of strengths, but one big weakness.
Jan 29, 2014 / John Nichols
‘Right Now the NCAA is Like a Dictatorship’: Why the Northwestern Football Team Formed a Union ‘Right Now the NCAA is Like a Dictatorship’: Why the Northwestern Football Team Formed a Union
When you talk union, you don't think NCAA football players. Think again.
Jan 29, 2014 / Dave Zirin
What Chirlane McCray Wore—and Why It Matters What Chirlane McCray Wore—and Why It Matters
Suddenly local fashion is all the rage. But can the garment trades once again bring good jobs to New York City?
Jan 29, 2014 / Feature / Elizabeth Cline
Harvard and Brown Fail on Climate Harvard and Brown Fail on Climate
Why university presidents Drew Gilpin Faust and Christina Paxson were wrong to reject calls to divest from fossil fuel companies.
Jan 29, 2014 / Feature / James Lawrence Powell
Slavery in the Modern World Slavery in the Modern World
David Brion Davis’s pathbreaking study of the problem of slavery.
Jan 29, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Abie’s Yiddish Muse Abie’s Yiddish Muse
Like a lot of red revolutionaries, Abraham Cahan ended up to the right of where he began.
Jan 29, 2014 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan